CDE faculty weigh in, are cited on social media use and tech legislation

CDE faculty expertise is being widely cited and disseminated as technology policy is increasingly in the news. Most recently, affiliate faculty member Anupam Chander and founding faculty members Meg Leta Jones and Cal Newport have been cited and/or have published opinion pieces on social media news including the TikTok ban, legislation controlling access to pornography, and the cultural reach of social media.

Anupam Chander, CDE Affiliate Faculty Member and Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology
December 12, 2024 Op-Ed, Washington Post, with GS Hans: “Congress doesn’t trust us with free speech. TikTok proves it.”
Black Enterprise, January 20, 2025
The Conversation, January 19, 2025
The New York Times, January 19, 2025
BNN Bloomberg, January 6, 2025
Fox News, December 28, 2024

Meg Leta-Jones, CDE Founding Faculty Member and Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)

Bloomberg Op-ed with Clare Morell , January 15, 2025: “Texas Web-Porn Law Protects Kids Without Harming Adults”

Cal Newport, CDE Founding Faculty Member and Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science

The New Yorker, January 22, 2025: “Is Social Media More Like Cigarettes or Junk Food?”
The New Yorker, January 15, 2025: “What Happened When an Extremely Offline Person Tried TikTok”
The New Yorker, January 8, 2025: “A Lesson in Creativity and Capitalism from Two Zany YouTubers”